How to dissolve mineral pigments in Nihonga【日本画】岩絵具の溶き方

In this video, Japanese artist Kiyo Hasegawa demonstrates how to make Nikawa(animal glue) solution and how to mix it with mineral pigments in Nihonga(Japanese style painting). A method called "Nikawa-nuki" will prevent you from wasting mineral pigments.
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0:53 How to make Nikawa(animal glue) solution
4:18 How to dissolve mineral pigments
7:24 How to do "Nikawa-nuki"
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[@andrecardon2141]

Thank You for your very clear translation and demo. It's useful

[@elle9390]

This was incredibly helpful! Thank you so much for making this video, this has made me more confident in trying to use Nikawa with pigments

[@revichan9313]

Love it love it love ittttt!!! Please continue the amazingly informative and interesting work 💕💕

[@bodeaalex1142]

Thank you, very useful!

[@IsabelCurdes_photos]

That is such a helpful video, thank you so much for sharing. I hope you will also show more of how you paint with it :-)

[@genethbizot3817]

Thank you! ❤

[@amypanddirtytoo1926]

Thank you so much! I am new to Nihonga and this has been immensely helpful! Very concise, straight to the point, and easy to understand and follow! You are a good teacher! Thank you again and I hope you have been having a great year!

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

Thank you so much for your kind words :)

[@user-kx2uz6vo9g]

thank you for this, I have been making mixed media pieces for many years that I never new were very much related to nihonga style painting, perhaps also degrees of kintsugi philosophy. I feel like I have been making art in this style without understanding it's ancestral link on my fathers side. It feels like a wonderful inner reconnection to my own blood and I hope to be able to study nihonga with a teacher one day in the future.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Really excellent demonstration and advice. Thank you. :-)

[@lilithblackwater309]

Your videos are very informative helpful and reliable thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I’m so happy to have found your channel!!!🎉💕🧚🥳

[@noiracca97]

Nikawa nikawa no mi... damn Oda!

[@plantdogllc]

I was wondering if you could mix the colors?? Also, do you know what’s the difference between nihonga and Chinese calligraphy ink painting? I see the same tools and the from I can see the difference is the powdered color pigment vs sticks? which is so cool to see!

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

It is possible to mix colors, but if the size of the particles are different, you can‘t mix it equally. The difference of Nihonga and Chinese-painting is powdered pigments vs sticks, also the paper, and the history.

[@jilliancrawford7577]

If the glue can lose its adhesive properties as it spoils, then how does it continue to work on a painting? Is it because the process of painting spreads it thin enough to not spoil the same way? Also; I have no sense of smell, so is there another way to tell if its properties are changing other than smell? Something like texture or taste maybe?

[@andrecardon2141]

Miss Kiyo, thanks for your answer. Nihinga means painting in japonese, somebody tolds me. So, may be can you explain the différents ways to practise Nihonga, I mean differents classics ways to do it. Thanks in advance

[@watrgrl2]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@user-ui6be6ml4l]

初めましてm(__)m この動画を見まして、日本画に興味が出てきました🎵 趣味で始めてみようかなと思いました。やはり、初めは顔彩からがいいですか？

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

こんにちは^^ 日本画では基本的に岩絵具、水干絵具、胡粉を使います。顔彩の風合いは水彩絵具と似ているので、趣味で絵手紙、色紙を描かれたい場合には顔彩は便利かもしれません。

[@user-ui6be6ml4l]

そうなんですね。ありがとうございますm(__)m きよさんの動画は凄く丁寧で分かりやすいです。ありがとうございました。

[@kataco.9316]

初めまして。膠液の作り方の動画を投稿有難うございます。和膠を販売しておりまして、海外の方から膠液の作り方を聞かれた時に勝手ながらご紹介しております。英語で説明されたものがなくて困っていましたので大変助かります。今後も有効活用させて頂きたく存じますが、差し支えないでしょうか？

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

はじめまして。動画をご覧くださりありがとうございます。海外の方に膠液の作り方を紹介するのに、少しでも助けになれば私も嬉しいです。今後もぜひご活用くださいませ。

[@kataco.9316]

@@KIYOHASEGAWA ご快諾下さり有難うございます！今後の動画も楽しみにしております。

[@tammygilchrest]

Thank you, Kiyo, for such wonderful videos on Nihonga. I am just learning about this way of painting. I have heard that it is best, once colors are mixed, to let them dry overnight. Then next day add more nikawa glue to the dried pigment. Then add water and pour off impurities. This could be done up to three times. Is this necessary? Most videos that I have watched, the painters just start painting straight away after mixing color for the first time. Which is your practice?

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

You don’t have to do that process and you can paint straight after mixing for most of the pigments. There are few pigments that is better to reduce impurities such as Azurite and malachite. (though you don’t need to wait overnight nor dry it) I have explained how to pour off impurities in the video of “heating mineral pigments”.

[@tammygilchrest]

Thank you so much for the answer! I have watched that video and it is very helpful.

[@Iseeyouclearly]

Your videos are so helpful. Thank you! I have a question. Can this kind of paint be used directly onto wood?

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

Thank you for your comment. You can paint on wood. It is called 板絵”Itae”. You need to do the dosa sizing on wood, and when you paint, the nikawa (adhesive) should be stronger than usual.

[@Iseeyouclearly]

@@KIYOHASEGAWA Thank you

[@Iseeyouclearly]

@@KIYOHASEGAWA Another question, please. Do the mineral pigments dry true to the color of the dry pigment? I use oils with pigment but it makes them darker. Thank you!

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

@@Iseeyouclearly Yes, it is almost the same as the dried pigment. Sometimes it slightly differs depending on the adhesive (animal glue). But visually, it becomes the same color.

[@Iseeyouclearly]

@@KIYOHASEGAWA Thank you! I'm looking forward to trying this modality. I appreciate your concise, and informative videos!

[@deadfisheye388]

😢where r u? No video for so long

[@nancyborgenicht3937]

Wonderful video! It is hard to find good information on these topics. BTW, do you happen to know anything about the paint medium used on the faces of Chinese Opera Puppets (京劇人形)?? I have many of these puppets that I would like to repair, but I cannot find detailed information on how to make and use the paints. The little bit of information that I found says that the paints are made of "oxhide gel" or "oxhide glue" mixed with pigments. However, I don't know WHAT KIND of pigments are used in this case, and I don't know where to find oxhide gel, or if it is possible to use nikawa instead of oxhide gel. Any info you have would be very, very appreciated. Thanks!

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

Hello, Ox hide glue is almost the same thing as Nikawa. It is animal glue especially made from ox. Here is a link of product. pigment.tokyo/product/detail?id=1170

[@pietrabraz4756]

Hello!! Thank you so much for these videos once again!! May I ask you something? I was thinking of buying a local animal Rabbit-skin glue sold here and make a solution of it.. Would it still work like nikawa or end up like nikawa if I do that? I know some uses rabbit skin, so I wanted to be sure..

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

Hello, thank you for your comment! Rabbit glue will be fine :) In Japan, nikawa is also made from rabbit skin as well as deers, cows, and fish.

[@LOOOVEIT]

Hello Kiyo chan. I have seen many videos on making the gofun. It seems that people make a lot, and save much for later. How long can the gofun be stored once it's mixed? Is it kept in the refrigerator? Thank you so much!

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

Gofun will be explained in another video 😊

[@ayamisato4256]

はじめまして！独学で日本画を始めようとしている者です。 突然の質問で申し訳ござません。膠ぬきの際の上澄み液はそのまま排水として捨ててよいのでしょうか？それとも、キミョウバンで固めてゴミとして捨てるべきですか？

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

こんにちは^^ 膠抜きの際の上澄み液は少量である場合、お湯と一緒に流して捨てて問題ありません。

[@ayamisato4256]

@@KIYOHASEGAWA ご回答ありがとうございます(*^^*)さっそく、取りかかってみます！キヨさんの絵、とっても素敵で、大好きです。これからの投稿とご活躍を楽しみにしています✨

[@angelaxuejing]

what brand of pigments do you recommend?

[@KIYOHASEGAWA]

It depends on where you live. If you live in Japan, there are multiple choices. If you live abroad, I think Nakagawa is the main nihonga pigments you can get.

[@angelaxuejing]

@@KIYOHASEGAWA Thank you! I live in California. I will check out Nakagawa

[@ginavallefuoco4428]

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